[Vwdiesel] Dial indicator question

[James Hansen]

Yep.
Small dial is basically counting how many times the big dial goes around.
Whatever increments it's set up to be in, it seems to be a tenth per rev 
of the big dial, graduated in one thou per little strokie.

Small dial would be counting tenths of an inch then.

For timing, it is just waaaaaaaaay easier to get a metric dial 
indicator.  They're out there, most tool resellers at the e-store level 
are too damn lazy to find them.

Local tool shop brought in some electronic dial indicators. VERY nice, I 
grabbed one.  They are set up just like a digital vernier caliper- with 
a red button to change from inch to metric, and a small shank that fits 
the adapter.  slicker than bug snot.

Anyone want one? Cost me 60 bucks Canadian, I can see if he has more.
If you want one, contact me off list... Just to clarify, you pay for the 
dial, and shipping, I'm not trying to make anything.  If there's enough 
interest for a group buy, I know the guy very well, we'll get the best 
price.
-james

Roger Brown wrote:
> Kurt Nolte wrote:
>> Anyone else here have the eMiata VW timing tool kit? It was recommended, 
>> price was right, all that.
>>
>> I have a question about the dial gauge that it included. The face of the 
>> dial has a scale of "->| |<- .001in" and "0-1in" printed on it, outer 
>> large dial goes from 0-99 clockwise, there's a smaller dial that goes 
>> 0-9 clockwise on the face as well; is this normal?
>>
>> I must admit that, with the way this is set up, I'm not terribly certain 
>> how to read the scale; never actually timed a diesel in practice, only 
>> in theory.
>>
>> Thanks for all your help!
>> -Kurt
> 
> Not familiar with that exact gauge.  But likely the 0..99 dial reads 0.000"-0.099" (i.e. 0.1" in 
> total) and the outer dial counts 0.1's of an inch (0.1, 0.2, .., 0.9) and you add the two together.
>